2006/169/EC: Commission Decision of  21 February 2006  amending Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the declaration that Poland and certain provinces or regions of Italy are free of brucellosis ( B. melitensis ) and Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain provinces or regions of Italy are free of bovine tuberculosis, bovine brucellosis and enzootic bovine leucosis  (notified under document number C(2006) 490)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-02-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, animal leucosis, animal tuberculosis, brucellosis, cattle, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 February 2006

amending Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the declaration that Poland and certain provinces or
regions of Italy are free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) and Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the
declaration that certain provinces or regions of Italy are free of bovine tuberculosis, bovine
brucellosis and enzootic bovine leucosis

(notified under document number C(2006) 490)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/169/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Poland should therefore be recognised as officially free
of brucellosis (B. melitensis) as regards ovine or caprine
holdings.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June
1964 on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in
bovine animals and swine (1), and in particular Annex A(I)(4),
Annex A(II)(7) and Annex D(I)(E) thereto,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January
1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community
trade in ovine and caprine animals (2), and in particular Annex
A, Chapter 1, point II thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Decision 93/52/EEC of 21 December 1992
recording the compliance by certain Member States or
regions with the requirements relating to brucellosis
(B. melitensis) and according them the status of a
Member State or region officially free of the disease (3)
lists the regions of Member States which are recognised
as officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) in accordance
with Directive 91/68/EEC.

Poland, as regards the whole territory, submitted to the
Commission documentation demonstrating compliance
with the conditions provided for in Annex A, Chapter
1, paragraph II(1)(b) to Directive 91/68/EEC. In addition,
Poland has undertaken to comply with certain other
conditions laid down in Directive 91/68/EEC concerning
random checks to be carried out following recognition of
Poland as brucellosis-free.

(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64. Directive as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1/2005 (OJ L 3, 5.1.2005, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19. Directive as

last amended by
Commission Decision 2005/932/EC (OJ L 340, 23.12.2005, p. 68).
(3) OJ L 13, 21.1.1993, p. 14. Decision as last amended by Decision

2005/764/EC (OJ L 288, 29.10.2005, p. 56).

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

In the Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, in the province of
Savona in the Region of Liguria,
in the province of
Isernia in the Region of Molise and in the province of
Pescara in the Region of Abruzzo, at least 99,8 % of the
ovine or caprine holdings are officially brucellosis-free
holdings. In addition, those provinces and region have
undertaken to comply with certain other conditions laid
down in Directive 91/68/EEC concerning random checks
to be carried out following recognition of the concerned
provinces as brucellosis-free.

The Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia,
the province of
Savona in the Region of Liguria, the province of Isernia
in the Region of Molise and the province of Pescara in
the Region of Abruzzo should therefore be recognised as
officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) as regards ovine
or caprine holdings.

Directive 64/432/EEC provides that Member States or
parts or regions thereof may be declared officially free
of tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic bovine leucosis
as regards bovine herds subject
to compliance with
certain conditions set out in that Directive.

The lists of regions of Member States declared free of
bovine tuberculosis, bovine brucellosis and enzootic
bovine leukosis are set out
in Commission Decision
2003/467/EC of 23 June 2003 establishing the official
tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic-bovine-leukosisfree
status of certain Member States and regions of Member
States as regards bovine herds (4).

(4) OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 74. Decision as last amended by Decision

2005/764/EC.

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(8)

(9)

(10)

compliance with

Italy submitted to the Commission documentation
demonstrating
appropriate
the
conditions provided for
in Directive 64/432/EEC as
regards
the province of Pescara in the Region of
Abruzzo in order that that province may be declared
officially free of tuberculosis as regards bovine herds.

compliance with

Italy submitted to the Commission documentation
appropriate
demonstrating
the
conditions provided for
in Directive 64/432/EEC as
regards
the provinces of Pistoia and Siena in the
Region of Toscana, the province of Rieti in the Region
of Lazio,
the province of Milano in the Region of
Lombardia, the provinces of Imperia and Savona in the
Region of Liguria, the province of Pescara in the Region
of Abruzzo and the Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia in
order that those provinces and region may be declared
officially free of brucellosis as regards bovine herds.

compliance with

Italy also submitted to the Commission documentation
demonstrating
appropriate
the
conditions provided for
in Directive 64/432/EEC as
regards the provinces of Pesaro, Ancona and Macerata
the provinces of Rieti and
in the Region of Marche,
the province of
Frosinone in the Region of Lazio,
Imperia in the Region of Liguria,
the province of
Pescara in the Region of Abruzzo and the Region
of Friuli Venezia Giulia in order that those provinces
and region may be declared officially free of enzootic
bovine leukosis as regards bovine herds.

(11)

Following evaluation of the documentation submitted by
Italy, the provinces and the region concerned should be
declared officially free of bovine tuberculosis, bovine
brucellosis, and of enzootic bovine leukosis respectively.

(12) Decisions 93/52/EEC and 2003/467/EC should therefore

be amended accordingly.

(13)

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annexes I and II
accordance with Annex I to this Decision.

to Decision 93/52/EEC are amended in

Article 2

Annexes I, II and III to Decision 2003/467/EC are amended in
accordance with Annex II to this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 February 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Annexes I and II to Decision 93/52/EEC are amended as follows:

1. Annex I is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX I

MEMBER STATES

ISO code

Member State

BE

CZ

DK

DE

IE

LU

HU

NL

AT

PL

SI

SK

FI

SE

UK

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

Germany

Ireland

Luxembourg

Hungary

Netherlands

Austria

Poland

Slovenia

Slovakia

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom’

2. Annex II is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX II

In France:

Départements:

Ain, Aisne, Allier, Ardèche, Ardennes, Aube, Aveyron, Cantal, Charente, Charente Maritime, Cher, Corrèze, Côte-
d’Or, Côtes-d’Armor, Creuse, Deux-Sèvres, Dordogne, Doubs, Essonne, Eure, Eure-et-Loire, Finistère, Gers, Gironde,
Jura, Loir-et-Cher,
Haute-Loire, Haute-Saône, Haute-Vienne, Hauts-de-Seine,
Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Loiret, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Lozère, Maine-et-Loire, Manche, Marne, Mayenne, Morbihan,
Nièvre, Nord, Oise, Orne, Pas-de-Calais, Puy-de-Dôme, Rhône, Saône-et-Loire, Sarthe, Seine-Maritime, Seine-Saint-
Denis, Territoire de Belfort, Val-de-Marne, Val-d’Oise, Vendée, Vienne, Ville de Paris, Vosges, Yonne, Yvelines.

Indre-et-Loire,

Ille-et-Vilaine,

Indre,

In Italy:

— Region Abruzzo: Province of Pescara.

— Region Friuli Venezia Giulia.

— Region Lazio: Provinces of Rieti, Viterbo.

— Region Liguria: Province of Savona.

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— Region Lombardia: Provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Mantova, Milano, Pavia,

Sondrio, Varese.

— Region Marche: Provinces of Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Macerata, Pesaro, Urbino.

— Region Molise: Province of Isernia.

— Region Piemonte: Provinces of Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Cuneo, Novara, Torino, Verbania, Vercelli.

— Region Sardinia: Provinces of Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristano, Sassari.

— Region Trentino-Alto Adige: Provinces of Bolzano, Trento.

— Region Toscana: Provinces of Arezzo, Firenze, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa-Carrara, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato,

Siena.

— Region Umbria: Provinces of Perugia, Terni.

In Portugal:

Autonomous Region of the Azores.

In Spain:

Autonomous Region of Canary Islands: Provinces of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Las Palmas.’

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ANNEX II

Annexes I, II and III to Decision 2003/467/EC are amended as follows:

1. In Annex I, Chapter 2 is replaced by the following:

‘CHAPTER 2

Officially tuberculosis-free regions of Member States

In Italy:
— Region Abruzzo: Province of Pescara.
— Region Lombardia: Provinces of Bergamo, Como, Lecco, Sondrio.
— Region Marche: Province of Ascoli Piceno.
— Region Toscana: Provinces of Grossetto, Prato.
— Region Trentino-Alto Aldige: Provinces of Bolzano, Trento.’

2. In Annex II, Chapter 2 is replaced by the following:

‘CHAPTER 2

Officially brucellosis-free regions of Member States

In Italy:
— Region Abruzzo: Province of Pescara.
— Region Emilia-Romagna: Provinces of Bologna, Ferrara, Forli-Cesena, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio

Emilia, Rimini.

— Region Friuli Venezia Giulia.
— Region Lazio: Province of Rieti.
— Region Liguria: Provinces of Imperia, Savona.
— Region Lombardia: Provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Mantova, Milano, Pavia, Sondrio,

Varese.

— Region Marche: Province of Ascoli Piceno.
— Region Piemonte: Provinces of Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Novara, Verbania, Vercelli.
— Region Sardinia: Provinces of Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristano, Sassari.
— Region Toscana: Provinces of Arezzo, Grossetto, Livorno, Lucca, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato, Siena.
— Region Trentino-Alto Aldige: Provinces of Bolzano, Trento.
— Region Umbria: Provinces of Perugia, Terni.

In Portugal:
— Autonomous Region of Azores: Islands of Pico, Graciosa, Flores, Corvo.

In the United Kingdom:
— Great Britain: England, Scotland, Wales.’

3. In Annex III, Chapter 2 is replaced by the following:

‘CHAPTER 2

Officially enzootic bovine leukosis-free regions of Member States

In Italy:
— Region Abruzzo: Province of Pescara.
— Region Emilia-Romagna: Provinces of Bologna, Ferrara, Forli-Cesena, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio

Emilia, Rimini.

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— Region Friuli Venezia Giulia.
— Region Lazio: Provinces of Frosinone, Rieti.
— Region Liguria: Province of Imperia.
— Region Lombardia: Provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Mantova, Milano, Pavia, Sondrio,

Varese.

— Region Marche: Provinces of Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Macerata, Pesaro.
— Region Piemonte: Provinces of Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Cuneo, Novara, Torino, Verbania, Vercelli.
— Region Toscana: Provinces of Arezzo, Firenze, Grossetto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa-Carrara, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato, Siena.
— Region Trentino-Alto Aldige: Provinces of Bolzano, Trento.
— Region Umbria: Provinces of Perugia, Terni.
— Region Val d'Aosta: Province of Aosta.’